Managing Serviceguard 12th Edition, March 2006

Building an HA Cluster Configuration
Preparing Your Systems
Chapter 5 195
Using the cmclnodelist File
The cmclnodelist file is not created by default in new installations. If
administrators wish to create this "bootstrap" file they should add a
comment such as the following:
###########################################################
# Do Not Edit This File
# This is only a temporary file to bootstrap an unconfigured
# node with Serviceguard version A.11.16
# Once a cluster is created, Serviceguard will not consult
# this file.
###########################################################
The format for entries in the cmclnodelist file is as follows:
[hostname or ip address] [user] [#Comment]
For example:
gryf root #cluster1,node1
gryf user1 #cluster1,node 1
sly root # cluster1, node2
sly user1 #cluster1, node 2
bit root #Administration/COM Server
In this example, root on the nodes gryf, sly, and bit all have root access
to the node with this file. The non-root user user1 has the Monitor role
from nodes gryf and sly. Once the access policy is configured, user1 can
be given the role of Monitor or one of the administration roles.
Serviceguard also accepts the use of a “+” in the cmclnodelist file which
indicates that any root user on any node may configure this node and any
non-root user has the Monitor role.